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No; 625,672. Patented May 23, 1899..

J. H.. G088.

BICYCLE BELL.

(Application fi1ad Nov. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES JOHN H. GOSS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,672, dated May 23, 1899. Application filed November 7, 1898. Serial No. 695,763. (No modelh in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Bells, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide an antirattling device for bells of that class in which the bell-hammer is actuated by a vibrating lever havinga toothed segment which operates a train of gearing connected with the hammer.

The invention consists of a bell-leverhaving a toothed segment pivoted thereto for operating a train of gearing, the lever itself preferably having one or more teeth to cooperate with the teeth of the segment and with the gear mechanism to lock or hold the mechanism when out of operationthat is to say, during the time when the bell is not being sounded.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken immediately below the bell-hammer. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the vibrating lever. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the bell-lever and segment combined and arranged in relation to the driving-gear pinion, the parts being at rest. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the base of the bell with the,

actuating mechanism in elevation. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the bell-lever and toothed segment at the end of the forward throw. Fig. 6 shows in two perspective views the pivotal toothed segment. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4:, but taken at about right angles to the last-named view.

The base a, the driving-gear b, its pinion c, the post d, the hammer-pinion e, and the belllever spring f may be of substantially usual construction.

The bell-lever g is pivoted at h to the base, and instead of being continued, as heretofore, to form a segment on its free arm 9' said free arm terminates short and is provided with One or two teeth 9 To the end of the belllever is pivoted the toothed segment 2', which I meshes with the pinion c in order to rotate the train of gearing which drives the hammer, and in order to adapt this pivoted toothed segment 2' to accomplish an antirattling function with relation to the actuating mechanism I make the end 2" substantially wedge shape or tapering and provide it with a depending stop-lug i which comes into contact with the free arm of the bell-lever when the said lever has been manually impelled, as indicated in Fig. 5, to actuate the train of gearing and sound the bell, the said stop-lug thus preventing the undue inward movement of the said toothed segment and the unmeshing of the toothed segment and pinion under the influence of the leverage exerted on thepivot, and when the bell-lever and toothed segment are in the position of rest indicated by Figs. 1 and 3 and are so held by the spring f the devicet becomes an antirattler by being wedged in between the pinion c and the hub of the pinion e, the teeth 9 cooperating at this. time with the teeth of the segment i and pinion c, as it were, to lock the parts. The said belllever may be given a slight rise throughout its free arm and from its pivotal point if the segment is not otherwise sufficiently elevated.

I provide the toothed segment with the lug i which cooperates with the stop-lug i to end of the lever above the floor of the base. The lug t not only holds up the end of the segment, but also serves to keep off the strain from the pivotal rivet, and, further, keeps the segment in a plane parallel with that of the bell-base, so that the teeth of the segment mesh with those of the pinion.

What I claim is--- 1. In a bell, a vibrating spring bell-lever, having a short free end and a toothed segment pivotedupon the upper face of said lewedged or jammed in between any usual train of gearing for actuating the bell-hammer, and to operate said gearing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a bell, a vibrating spring bell-lever, and a toothed segment pivoted thereto and provided with a depending stop-lug which ensupport said toothed segment and the free' ver and at its free end and adapted to be gages said bell-lever to limit the vibration of said segment upon the said bell-lever, substantially as described.

and a toothed segment pivoted to said free arm and provided with end lugs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a bell, a vibrating spring-lever, a toothed segment pivoted to the upper face thereof and a depending lug at the free end of said segment, substantially as and for the purpose described. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of November, A. D. 1898.

JOHN H. GOSS.

vWitnesses:

O; M. DE MOTT, J. H. FILLING. 

